Grilled Peanut Butter & Nutella

True story: My husband can’t cook, or rather refuse to cook. Although to give credit where it’s due, he’s an expert in calling in for delivery. He follows reheating instructions to the letter. Yet, he can tell you what’s good and what’s not on the menu. But even if his life depended on it, he can’t cook an egg (alright, that might be a stretch but you get the idea, okay?). So how in the world does life become fair? He makes darn good peanut butter sandwiches, if you ask me — the perfect ratio of spread to bread. And on some days (when I’m lucky) unbeknownst to me, they find their way to my lunch bag.

So sweet his actions are but on more than one occasion, it got pressed and forgotten, overlooked in the bag and I came home with this:

I cringe at the thought of throwing this away. After all, I don’t want to offend him, he’s so good to me. To salvage it, a carefully thought-out plan came about (I’ve always been a virtuosa of make-overs!). So what’s better than a peanut butter sandwich – tadaa, Nutella! Grab a few slices of tangy Granny Smith apples in between, sprinkle with powdered sugar, grilled on a pan and voila, another job well done, another day has been saved!

(But, my husband still can’t cook , right? Who cares? I wouldn’t trade him for Emeril Lagasse – not even Bobby Flay!)

Butter both bread slices on one side. Flip them and apply a good amount of peanut butter evenly on one side and Nutella on the other. Lay the sliced apples on one side, slightly overlapping. Press the two slices together. Place the sandwich on a hot nonstick pan. On medium-high heat, brown both sides – a little shy of a minute on each side. You want to make it toasty but not get the apples soggy. Remove from the pan, sprinkle some powdered sugar, if desired. Enjoy hot!